Jan 28, 2022
The hit Netflix horror series is adapted from a found footage
horror podcast about ritual, stories, and sound. Showrunner Rebecca
Sonnenshine talks to Write On about the adaptation process: "In
terms of adapting something, you just have to crack it wide open,
and we diverge in many places, and in many ways, it's very
different from the podcast. In many ways, it has the same spirit
but we definitely made a lot of changes… but a lot of that was
adapting to the television format and the visual way of telling
stories."
Rebecca goes on to talk about what advice to take as a writer:
"Sometimes you take a note, and then you're sorry you took the
note. In terms of writing, I think there's a balance between
believing in what you're doing and listening to other people's
thoughts… I have this tendency - I think a lot of women do - to
want to be a good student and take all the notes, and sometimes you
just can't do that."
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